Eurasia News

Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has “warmly welcomed” Moldova’s ratification on 12 October of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). “This is an important step towards combating

Serbia is a key for the stability and security in the Western Balkans, Romanian President Traian Basescu said at an international forum in Bucharest. Basescu added the pro-European authorities in Belgrade should be supported. He also noted Romania considers it very important to back up the European road of Moldova …

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Friday met with Armenia’s Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan to discuss bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. The two men also exchanged views on the activity of Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental committee as well as cultural and political dialogue. Ambassador Gasparyan thanked the Romanian government …

Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to speed up negotiations on the South Stream gas pipeline, Alexei Miller, CEO of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Friday in Sofia. Miller explained that the two sides had made significant progress in speeding up the process of implementing the South Stream project, following …

Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Friday (October 15th) that parliamentary elections will be held at the end of 2011, as previously announced. She was refuting suggestions by some opposition parties that the

France’s Xavier Bout de Marnhac took over as the new head of EULEX on Friday (October 15th), replacing compatriot General Yves de Kermabon, who has led the mission since February 2008. De Marnhac served as KFOR commander from 2007 to 2008. He says his priorities will be to restore rule …

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met on Thursday in Brussels with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They expressed their support to the forthcoming dialogue between Belgrade and

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called on the country’s people to take into account the lessons that the ancient capital of Georgia Mtskheta got. Addressing to the representatives of the diplomatic corps, the Azerbaijani foreign minister, MPs and state official, who were attending the event devoted to the

The Serbian parliament adopted a declaration condemning the crimes committed against the Serb people and citizens of Serbia. The crimes were committed during the armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

Croatia and neighbour Slovenia have found a solution to the last major bilateral obstacle that was blocking Zagreb’s EU entry talks — cross-border banking access, Slovenia’s